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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
7
Calendar entries list events from July including a council meeting on Monday July 16. On Tuesday July 17 the Women's Service Club meets. Wednesday July 18 the West Clermont Mission Society and Womens Catholic Order Foresters gather. Saturday July 21 a band concert is scheduled.
Final arrangements for the East Clermont confirmation reunion on July 22 are nearly complete with messages from former pastors and a class roll call. A detailed program will be printed in next week’s issue. Overnight lodging requests should contact Martin Amundson in Postville.
East Clermont societies gathered July 5 with hymns and devotions led by Pastor Knudsen. Women to clean the church on July 18. committees named for confirmation reunion Bible study and other events. Community visits noted include visitors from Arlington and Waukon, with multiple family gatherings across Cedar Rapids Decorah West Union and Harper’s Ferry regions.
Midshipman Carman W. Swenson of the U S Naval Academy learns junior officer duties aboard the destroyer USS Perry. Seventy-five midshipmen from the Naval Academy and NROTC from 20 colleges sail from Norfolk on June 5 for ports in Sweden Norway Denmark England and Germany for at sea duties and life aboard a warship.
Marvin Larson broke his leg just above the ankle while running Friday. The accident happened by a simple turn of his foot. Marv has the leg in a cast but is able to get around with crutches.
Clifford Larson arrives home on a weeklong furlough to visit his father in town. Terry Rooney of Dubuque spends the past week with the Wolf family. Dubuque guests visit the Riegel and Frieden homes for dinners. A large group celebrates Mrs. Belschner’s birthday with relatives from West Union Maynard Arlington Hawkeye and more. Cast removal on Mrs. Belschner’s leg. four weeks to step. Birthday party for Elaine Thorson. neighbours visit Phil Steffens home. Waterloo visitors Easler and Maynard hosts. Sumner trip for Hitch vacation. Funeral of Ed Knight at Fayette noted. Lions share of visits to Phil Steffens and surrounding families.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Kittelson welcomed a fourth child, a son named John born Friday at Palmer Memorial hospital West Union weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The baby and mother returned home on Monday with the family’s existing daughter Bonnie.
The bi weekly worship service led by Methodist Church minister E G Steinman will be held this Sunday at 8 45 a m.
Anna Kelly attended Everett Phillips funeral in West Union. Ruth Starkey visited relatives in West Union while hosted by Mrs Sieleman and Mrs Starkey. Families and guests from Cedar Rapids and Eldorado joined picnics and suppers on the Fourth. Maryann Svendsen returned home with her parents after visiting. The Union Street Birthday Club marked a Friday birthday with bingo and a picnic supper. Sandra Olson moved to Seattle to work at Pacific National Bank.
The Church of Our Saviour Clermont Episcopal lists Rev Paul A Clark as vicar The 1st Sunday Evening Prayer at 7 30 p m The 2nd Sunday Evening Prayer at 5 30 p m The 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer at 8 45 a m The 4th Sunday Morning Prayer at 8 45 a m The 5th Sunday Morning Prayer at 8 45 a m Holy Communion on 4th Sunday Morning Prayer on 5th Sunday
Rev. Fr. Robert Cooney, pastor, announces Sunday masses at 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. Weekday masses at 7:00 a.m. daily except Saturday at 7:30 a.m. Confessions Saturday evening at 7:00 and before 7:00 a.m. mass on Sunday.
Gospel Message Church three miles west of Clermont on Highway 18 invites all to a special dedication service at 2 00 p m after morning worship at 10 45 a m and an evening evangelistic service at 8 00 p m Pastor Lester Lease welcomes everyone to morning and evening sessions at the church on Highway 18 in Clermont area.
West Clermont holds Sunday worship at 10:00 and Mission Society at 2:15 with listed hostesses. East Clermont offers choir rehearsal on Thursday at 8:30 and Sunday Divine worship at 8:30. Decorah Circuit Bible camp starts July 15 at Prairie Lake Chetek Wisconsin and ends noon Saturday with a 10:30 bus from Crowe's store. campers urged to attend East Clermont 8:30 service.
John A. Erickson spent the weekend in La Crosse Wisconsin visiting Mrs. Erickson at the hospital there. Mr and Mrs Richard O Olson spent Sunday evening with Mrs Florence Meisner at Volga.
Jo Ann Moore from Clermont High School will star as Lydia Sparrow in the modern operetta Kittiwake Island. The show, set for 8:00 p m July 12 in the Memorial Union lounge at the State University of Iowa, showcases her feminine lead.
The LaVerne Larson family hosted and welcomed relatives and friends from Minnesota and Cedar Rapids visiting in recent days. Guests included Elmer Larson, Ames Olson, Keith and Brad, Kathleen and Richard, Donaline and Joyce, and the Humlie children. Also noted are trips for visits to Decorah and Luther College activities and a birthday celebration for Ann at the Larson home. Nearby families and individuals from Decorah, Chatfield, Winona, West Union, Postville, and Yuma are mentioned in various social visits and lunches.
In a Monday meeting of Boy Scout Troop 51 Scout Mas ter Guy Muchow presented La Verne Osterhus Dale Hoopman Robert Mott Billy Schultz Jerry Erickson Lawrence White Dennis Griebenow and Roger Vauslin before the Legion Advisory Board for Tenderfoot requirements. Keith Thoma chaired the awards with other committee members present. The honored group, joined by Scoutmaster Muchow and Bob Mott, later camped overnight at the Alphie Thorson farm, cooking meals and practicing outdoor living skills before returning Saturday noon.
A sequence of social visits fills a weekend from Watertown South Dakota to Ossian Postville and Madison Wisconsin. Guests include the Schweinefus, Stukie, Flores, Loftsgard, Jellings, Wolfs, Evenson, Larson, Oakland, and others, with dinners, funerals, picnics, and sightseeing noted. The piece ends with a USDA July food outlook predicting broilers fryers and ice cream will be plentiful.
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